Broken (Twilight Fanfiction)

Chapter 10

One second all I could feel was air all around me and my body was pumping with adrenaline. My mouth was hanging open, but nothing came out as my screams got trapped in my throat. My mind was completely blank as I fell to my death, not even managing to conjure up a picture of my mother or any of the Cullens. Not even registering when cold arms wrapped themselves around me.

In the next second, the air suddenly stopped moving and I was pressed against someone's cold chest. I looked up and I saw Edward looking down at me, jaw clenched, his eyes pitch black instead of their golden iris.

The air around us was fast and colours blurred together as he ran. I regarded the colours surrounding us in shock as I realised that we weren't moving at a normal pace. He was moving at inhuman speed and I stored this piece of information at the back of my mind and decided to look back at a later date.

Suddenly, he stopped and the colours froze. He put me into the passenger seat of his silver Volvo and trees blurred past as he sped away from the cliff. I was still numb, my brain not taking in what just happened.

I'm supposed to be dead. I leaped off the cliff and I was falling to my death. I'm supposed to have drowned or died from the impact. Yet, I'm still alive. Edward has saved me, and I was thankful. Don't ask me why, but I was thankful.

Edward parked the Volvo and turned the engine off. He got out and scooped me up into his arms when he reached the passenger side. He ran into the Cullens' house and I stared blankly as Carlisle came running to me.

"Is she alright?" Carlisle asked Edward as he put me down onto my bed. I gazed blankly up at the ceiling, not even trying to listen to their conversation.

After a while, Carlisle sat at the edge of my bed, a sad smile on his pale lips. "Bella, why would you try to kill yourself?"

I frowned. "The memories won't go away. And the scars are still there."

"Scars?"

I nodded slightly. "My misery scars. I'm never going to get rid of them and there's no point in trying to heal them. Like I said, I'm broken beyond repair.

"I don't believe that," Carlisle said softly. I went to hold his hand and he let me. He squeezed gently as he smiled sadly. I smiled a little and suddenly I felt drained.

"I think you should rest." Carlisle told me.

I nodded and waited until they left the room before closing my eyes. I felt my mind drifting off...

*Dream*

I was back at the cliff's edge, leaning over to look down at the black waves. The sky was grey and it started to rain and thunder. I gasped as a piercing cold wind touched my pale skin and goose bumps appeared on my arms.

I turned and gasped as I saw Charlie walking towards me. I took a step back and lost my balance for a second before steadying myself.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him, fear making my heart start to race. My chest started to rise and fall rapidly and I was becoming awfully dizzy.

"You want to die, I'll help you," he spat at me. He walked towards me, the black belt in his hand. I screamed as he grabbed my wrist and pulled me close to him. He wrapped the belt around my shoulders and he tied it around me.

"If you can't swim, you'll die quicker," he whispered in my ear before shoving me.

I screamed as I fell off the cliff's edge and pummelled to the ferocious waves below. I felt nothing under me as gravity pulled me down to the sea.

I gasped as I collided into the sea and I screamed as water started to plague my lungs. They were burning as I tumbled around inside the waves. My vision was darkening as I choked in the deadly, icy water and my senses were becoming dull.